You don’t need to ask anyone for permission to think more creatively. You don’t need clearance from some committee to come up with a better solution to a problem. You also can’t wait for someone to come up to you on the street and invite you to contribute your ideas. If you have a better […]
Every proposal you put in front of a prospect to pitch an idea you believe will help them should include a Problem Page that recaps the challenges (and opportunities) they told you about during your initial meeting. These problems and opportunities are the basis for the ideas you’re about to present. A vital component of […]
There are opportunities for you to help your customers and prospects (and earn yourself a profit) by helping them with the things they need before and after sales you’re trying to make to them. During a brainstorm session with a client who needed ideas for generating additional revenue for her business, I made the suggestion […]
Sure, you have to come up with a halfway decent concept, but to be considered brilliant (or to have had a brilliant idea), you’re going to have to be brave. You’d be surprised at how many people have brilliant ideas every single day (you probably do too!), but most of those people (you, too?) are […]
Despite what all the courses and seminars and books and apps and expensive systems say — you cannot manage time. The phrase “time marches on” has been around for a long, long time because it’s true. You can’t slow it down — even Daylight Savings Time is a wash. For every “fall back” when you […]
When a problem seems to big to solve, just break it into smaller bits and it will be easier to deal with. Like a piece of mosaic, each individual piece becomes a part of a much larger picture. If you can break your big challenge into smaller, compartmentalized parts they will appear less intimidating and […]
Are you an Amplifier or an Attentuator or a Squelcher? An Amplifier increases the power of a signal so a message can be heard by more people in more places. Do you use your resources and talents to help spread good ideas to those who need them? Do you retweet, and share, and like, and […]